The SoloHourly Philosophy
When you start freelancing, they tell you to go build a portfolio, find clients, and do great work. They completely forget to mention the hardest part: how to actually run a profitable business.
There is a dangerous myth in the freelance community that charging $50 an hour makes you a high-earner. But when you factor in the 15.3% self-employment tax, the $300 a month in software subscriptions, the weeks spent chasing unpaid invoices, and the hours lost to non-billable administrative workâthat $50 an hour quickly becomes minimum wage.
"Your freelance hourly rate is a survival line, not a profit goal."
We built SoloHourly because we were tired of seeing brilliantly talented designers, developers, and consultants burn out simply because their pricing models were broken.
What We Do
SoloHourly provides the mathematical reality check every freelancer needs. We build premium, high-fidelity calculators that prove exactly how much you must charge to survive, and comprehensive strategic guides that teach you how to start charging for value instead of time.
Built for freelancers, by a freelancer.
"I spent my first three years as an independent developer severely undercharging for my work. SoloHourly is exactly the toolset I desperately needed when I first started signing clients."